See Also: olfactory peduncle(medicine)
peduncle(dictionary)
peduncle(medicine)
peduncle of flocculus(medicine)
cerebral peduncle(medicine)
peduncle of mamillary body(medicine)
middle cerebellar peduncle(medicine)
peduncle of corpus callosum(medicine)
superior cerebellar peduncle(medicine)
ventral thalamic peduncle(medicine)

mums (iou) and olfactory peduncle (medicine)


mums (iou)



mums noun. colloq. M20.
[Abbreviation of MUMSY noun.]
Mother.

olfactory peduncle (medicine)


olfactory peduncle -->
olfactory tract


A nervelike, white band composed primarily of nerve fibres originating from the mitral cells and tufted cells of the olfactory bulb but also containing the scattered cells of the anterior olfactory nucleus. The tract is closely applied to the ventral surface of the frontal lobe, and attaches itself to the base of the cerebral hemisphere at the olfactory trigone, beyond which it extends in the form of the olfactory striae which distribute their fibres to the olfactory tubercle and, in largest number, to the olfactory cortex on and around the uncus of the parahippocampal gyrus.

See: olfactory nerves.

Synonym: tractus olfactorius, olfactory peduncle.